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I just got turned onto this app, and am loving the result. I'm sincerely hoping that the apps result can really be achieved!  I know it's just for fun, but it gave this girl an ego boost.  Are their other apps that do this sort of thing?  What are your favorites?

Bari Jo

Quote from: Bari Jo on September 04, 2017, 04:00:17 PM
I just got turned onto this app, and am loving the result. I'm sincerely hoping that the apps result can really be achieved!  I know it's just for fun, but it gave this girl an ego boost.  Are their other apps that do this sort of thing?  What are your favorites?

Bari Jo

I used the FaceApp for my photo here. I think it does wonders.


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Alright, you talked me into it.  I made the faceapp image my profile pic too:)

Faceapp does a better job than most of them, unless you are gifted at photo manipulation., then it's the best one in my opinion.

(https://i.imgur.com/jm41Jpl.jpg)
https://imgur.com/jm41Jpl
That is mine, I love it so much. Well, except for m stupid nose. Everyone says I never broke it, but there is no way I didn't. I even know when it happened, but people keep saying I'm crazy. (I slammed my face into the pavement when I was a kid, have a fake tooth and everything from it.)

Gertrude, Roll, you both are beautiful.  Now the question is, is the app giving us false confidence, or can we achieve our looks it's HRT?  I hope it's close enough cause I think we would all be happy.

After a lot of analysis and comparison, here is what I came to on the issue of "false hope" with this app... For the most part all it does is add the hair, makeup, and eyebrows, then slightly contours the jaw edge. I took another picture of myself and did some half-assed photoshopping, and came out with something not that far off though nowhere near as polished (modified eyebrows, "drew on" makeup, edited out beard stubble, added hair, etc.). In other words, at the core it is still your face.

The biggest issue that may be false hope is probably the edging of the face and jaw line, though I do believe it is feasible if you take into account FFS or a particularly good response to hormones. I guess you could consider the filter as applying some of the common HRT or surgery effects. I also base this off that in playing around with the app with other people, not revealing why I have it of course, using the male and female filters would readily turn people into flawless versions of relatives. For example my little sister with the male filter just looks identical to my father when he was around 20. When I showed my step-mother her picture with the male filter, she was confused because she thought I had a picture of her brother on my phone for some reason. So it isn't doing something that turns you into an entirely different person and does actually manage to retain some core personal genetic traits, which is a really good sign when the goal is mostly to express those genetic traits differently.

This all comes with a huge caveat however. A "glamor" shot at a good angle can be a poor representation of anyone, even not dealing with the transgender issue (ie: the basis of pretty much all modeling and Hollywood camera and lighting trickery). In other words, it is impossible to say how profiles, motion, extra features not readily visible in the photo, and so forth will play into the final presentation. (Not to mention face is just one part of the equation to begin with, though certainly an important one!)

I used FaceApp to show a friend of mine what I was planning with FFS.  Honestly though, I'm hoping the FFS works better than the app!

Quote from: rmaddy on September 04, 2017, 11:58:42 PM
I used FaceApp to show a friend of mine what I was planning with FFS.  Honestly though, I'm hoping the FFS works better than the app!

It's extremely sensitive to lighting and angle, you have to take a few pictures and find one it can read properly to get the full face change working right. (On a few of mine it just cut off the edge of my head for some reason, wouldn't add hair, or did a fishbowl distortion.)

Quote from: Roll on September 05, 2017, 12:01:05 AM
It's extremely sensitive to lighting and angle, you have to take a few pictures and find one it can read properly to get the full face change working right. (On a few of mine it just cut off the edge of my head for some reason, wouldn't add hair, or did a fishbowl distortion.)

Exactly.

My plastic surgeon's office has a software package that works something like FaceApp, but he is able to individually select and modify areas to a varying degree.  The thing that can't be changed is lighting.  You can simulate eyebrows sitting somewhat higher on your face, but not the increased lighting into the eye sockets due to work on brow bossing.

Also, my FaceApp picture tends to look fairly similar to my regular because my hair is curled/colored, my eyebrows are nicely waxed and I've gotten fairly decent with the makeup brush through daily use.

Quote from: rmaddy on September 05, 2017, 12:09:59 AM
Also, my FaceApp picture tends to look fairly similar to my regular because my hair is curled/colored, my eyebrows are nicely waxed and I've gotten fairly decent with the makeup brush through daily use.

I like hearing that because I was wondering how close to my picture I could get with some good makeup and proper eyebrows.

Quote from: Roll on September 05, 2017, 12:19:35 AM
I like hearing that because I was wondering how close to my picture I could get with some good makeup and proper eyebrows.

You can do a lot!  Get busy!

(https://i.imgur.com/Fhq809H.jpg)

Just having a play..

Played around with face app. I will def go for a beard when it's time for that.

https://imgur.com/a/eo1JZ

Maybe I will too put a FaceApp pic as avatar. :D

How about this pic?

https://imgur.com/a/gzpyw

I don't have a beard yet. September 28'th is my appointment with my psychiatrist. I hope she will send my letter to the gender therapist.

I love it Kelly.  And go for it metonie.  I love mine too, gives me something to strive for.

Oh this is a fun app! I can live with the result if it's even close. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170905/b621874f12b296098340b8d15e21830c.jpg)

I had tried GenderBender a while ago, now I also tried FaceApp. On both apps I have to use pre-HRT pictures to even see much of a difference. Now with 8 month on HRT, there are barely any differences. Once my hair is long enough, I might be somewhat OK... (and it is time to get my eye brows done again)

Quote from: sarah1972 on September 05, 2017, 06:12:04 AM
I had tried GenderBender a while ago, now I also tried FaceApp. On both apps I have to use pre-HRT pictures to even see much of a difference. Now with 8 month on HRT, there are barely any differences. Once my hair is long enough, I might be somewhat OK... (and it is time to get my eye brows done again)

That's awesome that you can barely see a difference, that is a huge source of hope for the accuracy of this thing!

Also, Jill, I love your smile! I'm jealous, I can't show any teeth or it looks really bad (the nose issue again mostly). (I don't think that it can do multiple filters at once, so am assuming that must be all you.)

I agree Sarah, that's awesome!  I was noticing that when I tried using pics of my sister.  She looked almost the same.

And Jill, you are a beauty for sure!

Quote from: Bari Jo on September 05, 2017, 10:08:20 AM

And Jill, you are a beauty for sure!

I guess I'll find out in a year or so but would be happy with anything resembling that result.

Quote from: MeTonie on September 05, 2017, 04:34:11 AM
Maybe I will too put a FaceApp pic as avatar. :D

How about this pic?

https://imgur.com/a/gzpyw

I don't have a beard yet. September 28'th is my appointment with my psychiatrist. I hope she will send my letter to the gender therapist.

Good look on you dude.  Best of luck!

Another good app is hashface. That's what I used for my avatar. It even has an option for making me 30 years younger, but that would be farfetched.

Quote from: Roll on September 04, 2017, 11:15:18 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/jm41Jpl.jpg)
https://imgur.com/jm41Jpl
That is mine, I love it so much. Well, except for m stupid nose. Everyone says I never broke it, but there is no way I didn't. I even know when it happened, but people keep saying I'm crazy. (I slammed my face into the pavement when I was a kid, have a fake tooth and everything from it.)

Your nose is beautiful. It's very feminine.

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That is just a flattering angle on it, unfortunately. From a 3/4 or profile it has a ridge, is a little bit crooked going down to the nostrils, and then there is a bone(cartilage anyway) "spur in one of the nostrils that was definitely not there in my younger pictures, as if during my mysterious break-that-never-happened a chunk of the cartilage was chipped and pushed out weird. If I smile it also really over exaggerates the nostrils in a weird way so I always wind up doing this half-/toothless smiles.

Though admittedly, I've been told my nose is fine by a number of people so I'm fully aware this might just be that feature I see as a million times than everyone else. :D (Except the smile part, people are forced to admit that one.)

is there anything like this for pc, or just a website that does something similar?  i don't have a smartphone, so apps are of little use to me.  but it looks like it'd be fun to try.

You could run an android emulator and grab faceapp on it. I used to use one called Bluestacks that was okay.

I used FaceApp for my avatar.  It is very close to the original.
Made me feel confident I can be pretty.  Just need to shave my mustache off.  My wife has been daring me to do it.
Hugs, Jessica 💁

Yes, no kidding about the confidence!  I'm going to update my avatar pic every couple weeks or so.  If I can look close to this, I will be one happy girl indeed!

Quote from: Roll on September 09, 2017, 05:28:59 PM
You could run an android emulator and grab faceapp on it. I used to use one called Bluestacks that was okay.

do you know if you have to have a webcam for it to work on PC?  i downloaded it, but couldn't find any instructions for how to get the photos.  the phone version uses what's on your device, but i don't see a way to upload images from my computer to the app.  i could just be missing something, but if it requires a webcam, i guess i'm out of luck for now.

Edit: ok never mind, i figured out i have to upload pics to bluestacks instead of directly to the app.  now if i could just figure out how to make it let me actually see the whole pic and not just a preview...

I have to be honest, when I first played around with Face app I was sceptical about the output. The thing is when I use the "old" function I look so much like my father it's uncanny. I'll have a play around with it and post my results when I get chance. By the way I won't show my "male" images just in case, I'm not out to anyone yet bar my wife.

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I look like my grandfather. Lucky me I don't look like my dad. Hate is a stong word. But unforgiven is better.

Quote from: Sam79 on September 20, 2017, 05:31:32 AM
I have to be honest, when I first played around with Face app I was sceptical about the output. The thing is when I use the "old" function I look so much like my father it's uncanny. I'll have a play around with it and post my results when I get chance. By the way I won't show my "male" images just in case, I'm not out to anyone yet bar my wife.

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That's ultimately what sold me, family resemblances using many of the other filters were just too exact to be coincidental. Whatever it is doing is simple, but effective and at least to some degree accurate.

i never could get faceapp to work all the way for some reason, but i found hashface is free and has most of the same filters.  i know it's just an app and nothing to take too seriously, but i was actually pretty startled by what i saw... and i may or may not have teared up just a tiny bit.  i used to think i had no chance of ever passing, even with treatment, but seeing how such small changes can make such a big difference at least makes me more hopeful.

and echoing the family resemblance thing: i came out looking almost exactly like my brother with the "male" filter, and when i put that through the "female" filter, i got a spitting image of my sister.  using a different photo, it slapped a beard on me and i was looking at my dad.  crazy stuff.  now i'm hooked on playing with it, though.

Quote from: Sam79 on September 20, 2017, 05:31:32 AM
I have to be honest, when I first played around with Face app I was sceptical about the output. The thing is when I use the "old" function I look so much like my father it's uncanny. I'll have a play around with it and post my results when I get chance. By the way I won't show my "male" images just in case, I'm not out to anyone yet bar my wife.

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So below are my mtf Face app pics, I'll admit I've cheated a little; top left is full make up and wig, same for top right. Bottom two are wig, a little eye make up and some beard cover. What do you guys think? xx(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170921/6f8b143fb5b7a9c43d50860f358179b0.jpg)

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What's strange is I've had faceapp on my phone for nearly 2 years and I've never been able to get a great picture out of it, but I decided to mess with it again after reading through this thread.

(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0Bw7E7fd37OXnZVZqWlNVWHVHbXc)

I think the picture looks decent and it seems sort of a cross between my paternal aunt and my mother.

You both look amazing!

I'm trying to get a good picture with my new wig, but it's doing more harm than good. The app wants to make it all weird and poof out.

A quick comparison between faceapp and hashface: The basic filters are seemingly identical in every way. So beyond that, faceapp has no ads, while hashface is loaded with them so faceapp wins there. Though hashface has an additional feature which is nice that is a slider bar for the effect intensity, which allows you to really get a good look at what the filter is changing.

In the case of the picture I posted, as I changed the intensity I could see that literally all it did was blur out beard shadow (a general makeup effect), raise eyebrows, shave a tiny bit off the left cheek line, raise hairline a smidge, and add the hair. (Which means that in theory I could reproduce the picture for real with electrolysis, brow shaping, combo of weight loss and HRT (probably not even FFS for as little as it did) as if I pull the skin tight it sits about where the picture goes to anyway, and then grow out hair. The hairline would be the only issue that would require FFS, though I imagine that there are tricks to this I'm not aware of, or simply opting for a hair style that makes it a moot point.

Quote from: Roll on September 21, 2017, 09:15:45 AM
You both look amazing!

I'm trying to get a good picture with my new wig, but it's doing more harm than good. The app wants to make it all weird and poof out.

A quick comparison between faceapp and hashface: The basic filters are seemingly identical in every way. So beyond that, faceapp has no ads, while hashface is loaded with them so faceapp wins there. Though hashface has an additional feature which is nice that is a slider bar for the effect intensity, which allows you to really get a good look at what the filter is changing.

In the case of the picture I posted, as I changed the intensity I could see that literally all it did was blur out beard shadow (a general makeup effect), raise eyebrows, shave a tiny bit off the left cheek line, raise hairline a smidge, and add the hair. (Which means that in theory I could reproduce the picture for real with electrolysis, brow shaping, combo of weight loss and HRT (probably not even FFS for as little as it did) as if I pull the skin tight it sits about where the picture goes to anyway, and then grow out hair. The hairline would be the only issue that would require FFS, though I imagine that there are tricks to this I'm not aware of, or simply opting for a hair style that makes it a moot point.

Thank you so much. I think I may well use one as my avatar. xx

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If we get a vote, I say bottom right! You just look so happy, it's nice. :)

Quote from: Roll on September 21, 2017, 09:15:45 AM
You both look amazing!

I'm trying to get a good picture with my new wig, but it's doing more harm than good. The app wants to make it all weird and poof out.

A quick comparison between faceapp and hashface: The basic filters are seemingly identical in every way. So beyond that, faceapp has no ads, while hashface is loaded with them so faceapp wins there. Though hashface has an additional feature which is nice that is a slider bar for the effect intensity, which allows you to really get a good look at what the filter is changing.

In the case of the picture I posted, as I changed the intensity I could see that literally all it did was blur out beard shadow (a general makeup effect), raise eyebrows, shave a tiny bit off the left cheek line, raise hairline a smidge, and add the hair. (Which means that in theory I could reproduce the picture for real with electrolysis, brow shaping, combo of weight loss and HRT (probably not even FFS for as little as it did) as if I pull the skin tight it sits about where the picture goes to anyway, and then grow out hair. The hairline would be the only issue that would require FFS, though I imagine that there are tricks to this I'm not aware of, or simply opting for a hair style that makes it a moot point.

Unfortunately for me I think it provides a little false hope. It adds quite a bit of fat to my face, which while not impossible I am not going to expect a great deal of difference there. I also have somewhere between a 5v and 3v on the norwood scale to contend with. Luckily for me my hair seems to respond very well to HRT as it's sprouting like weeds in places I haven't had any hair for years. I've been messing with getting more feminine eyebrows for years  and can never get the shape just right because I try to keep my alterations as minimal as possible but the pictures faceapp makes gives a pretty good idea of where to pluck from.

I can never figure out the norwood scale labeling. All I know is I have vertex balding (which is filling in with finasteride/minox/nizoral combo) and naturally thin hair on top(unrelated to balding overtime), with a solid hair line. (From the front it doesn't look like I'm balding at all other than the thickness when compared to the side, but an overhead/behind view shows it clearly.) All the pictures I see have the receding hairline as key in the numbering, so I don't know where I fit in.

The pictures really don't help at all do they :D

I have to kind of guess at mine the hairloss on the side had progressed to about the midway point on top of my head and the vertex balding had just about engulfed the tuft of hair I had fighting for survival up front. Isn't it strange that what could actually be seen as a sign of virility can be such a nightmare.

I love the app but can't figure out how to save image when I've made changes

Leslie

Quote from: Leslie601 on September 21, 2017, 04:03:59 PM
I love the app but can't figure out how to save image when I've made changes

Leslie

For female images you need to create a 4 picture collage. Once that is done tap the downward pointing arrow in the top right corner to save it. You can then share it to other apps next time you tap on it, again the icon is in the top right. xx

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Quote from: lilcuddlymouse on September 21, 2017, 12:26:34 PM
The pictures really don't help at all do they :D

I have to kind of guess at mine the hairloss on the side had progressed to about the midway point on top of my head and the vertex balding had just about engulfed the tuft of hair I had fighting for survival up front. Isn't it strange that what could actually be seen as a sign of virility can be such a nightmare.

I find the pictures trigger my dysphoria ( what I could be) then again this is who I could become! [emoji3]

@Roll, it looks like your vote wins! Will change it soon. xx

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I ended up using a snapchat filter and face app at the same time and now I have an unrealistic expectation as to what I could like.  :'(

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2Fa292s8.jpg&hash=7c5aa65c62529a55ed101097689effa4994e84ad)

I'm impressed you got the images to "layer" right, I tried several times but it was always weird results.

Quote from: HannahHindle on September 27, 2017, 03:55:49 PM
I ended up using a snapchat filter and face app at the same time and now I have an unrealistic expectation as to what I could like.  :'(

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I think we all feel, face app gives us unrealistic hope. However filter your original photo using the old option, how like older male relatives do you look? Someone else here who has transitioned said they can barely see any difference between the female filter and how they actually look now. So maybe... xx

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In the girl pics I look like a young version of my sister. In guy-pics I look pretty much like my grandfather, or a mix between my uncle and my grandfather.

I don't look like my dad or my mom. I have my own looks.

Quote from: Sam79 on September 28, 2017, 12:24:28 AM
I think we all feel, face app gives us unrealistic hope. However filter your original photo using the old option, how like older male relatives do you look? Someone else here who has transitioned said they can barely see any difference between the female filter and how they actually look now. So maybe... xx

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The old filter doesn't really make me look like any one older relative in particular (to be honest a lot of the males in my biological line never made it to an old age and the one who did who I can remember I only look like a bit). However, that being said the male filter really makes me look like my dad. Like scarily close so perhaps. I hope so because I really like the results of this picture, as teasing as they are.

Quote from: HannahHindle on September 28, 2017, 03:41:20 AM
The old filter doesn't really make me look like any one older relative in particular (to be honest a lot of the males in my biological line never made it to an old age and the one who did who I can remember I only look like a bit). However, that being said the male filter really makes me look like my dad. Like scarily close so perhaps. I hope so because I really like the results of this picture, as teasing as they are.

A lot of the female Picts of me look like slight differences that can be done with just makeup and a wig.  I see a couple and I look like my sister, the one that always called me names, I hate those.  The male filter of myself looks like a caveman.  The old filter looks just like me only older though too.  That filter really scares me.  I don't want to end up as an old man.  Please work HRT;)

Quote from: Bari Jo on September 28, 2017, 03:56:31 AM
A lot of the female Picts of me look like slight differences that can be done with just makeup and a wig.  I see a couple and I look like my sister, the one that always called me names, I hate those.  The male filter of myself looks like a caveman.  The old filter looks just like me only older though too.  That filter really scares me.  I don't want to end up as an old man.  Please work HRT;)

I totally get where you're coming from and I am on a similar path,  but getting old as a woman is no bargain either.  In aging, as in most of life, men gain advantage.

.......... Welp... I just got a huge start and my heart is beating really fast because I'm not sure how to process this.

Reading the previous few posts and realizing that I didn't have any image in my head of what I would look like as an old woman, I had the rather obvious idea to run my female picture through the old filter. And I look exactly like my deceased mother with a slimmer face. I knew I looked like her side of my family, but jesus... I mean it's so close I was instantly overcome with the same feeling of loss I get when actually looking at her picture.

Wow!  If I could end up looking like what this app makes me look like, I would be so incredibly thrilled!!!!  I'm just about in tears just thinking about it.  I've always thought I looked so "manly" and I hate it.  I don't like the idea of getting false hope from a phone app like this, but it is fun to get an idea what could potentially be possible.  And I most definitely like and would be very happy with what the app shows.  ha ha. 

http://(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4454/37330800026_267d9761d9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YSN7gd)My Pic (https://flic.kr/p/YSN7gd)   (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152563975@N08/), on Flickr

Quote from: Bari Jo on September 28, 2017, 03:56:31 AM
I see a couple and I look like my sister, the one that always called me names, I hate those.   HRT;)

  I know that feeling well!  I always had a good relationship with my sister, but do NOT want to look like her.  It freaks me out when I use an app like YouCam Makeup to put makeup and hair on myself, and I look almost exactly like my sister, and it just freaks me out!  This FaceApp though, makes enough changes to my face, that I don't think I look like my sister.  So I actually like the pictures.

(https://i.imgur.com/Hi5syyp.jpg)

This one I really love because it is literally just my normal face with eyebrows and the light makeup, and it didn't even do a very good job on the make up (beard shadow still lightly visible). (A tiny bit of weird compression along the jaw line which is pure fat and I plan to ditch anyway.) But it just seems so obtainable I can't help but smile! (Wig is something i'm actually wearing, not added by app.)

Quote from: Roll on September 28, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/Hi5syyp.jpg)

This one I really love because it is literally just my normal face with eyebrows and the light makeup, and it didn't even do a very good job on the make up (beard shadow still lightly visible). (A tiny bit of weird compression along the jaw line which is pure fat and I plan to ditch anyway.) But it just seems so obtainable I can't help but smile! (Wig is something i'm actually wearing, not added by app.)

Roll, you are making us all jealous:)

I'm too embarrassed to show my before pict, but I'm hoping the results are also obtainable.  Sometimes I love this app, other times I just hate myself, my beard, my face, everything.

Quote from: Bari Jo on September 28, 2017, 10:51:47 PM
Roll, you are making us all jealous:)

I'm too embarrassed to show my before pict, but I'm hoping the results are also obtainable.  Sometimes I love this app, other times I just hate myself, my beard, my face, everything.

Trust me, I'm cherry picking the results. :D My trouble area on my face is definitely the corners of my jaw, and faceapp just does weird things with it, so I have to find the right angle every time. My nose is more neutral than I realized but I still don't like it.

I'm gonna work up the nerve to post a before picture once I get covering up the beard with makeup down. I just can't bring myself to post something with that visible.

You actually have good skin tone and hair color for laser though.  Electrolysis is almost always needed in the end, but laser gives faster results early on.

I've used faceapp a lot. I showed my mother one of the pics, and she said it just looked like my sister.

All the program did was put on makeup, give long hair, and change it from black to brown.

More time with a set of makeup brushes, less with FaceApp!

Yeah my profile pic is using faceapp. It may be completely unattainable but it looks like me and it looks like a woman so it makes me unreasonably happy. I even ran the pic through one of those digital makeover apps too.

Quote from: rmaddy on September 29, 2017, 12:18:18 PM
More time with a set of makeup brushes, less with FaceApp!

That's my plan for tonight! :D Faceapp was a great hold over until my "tools" arrived though!

Unfortunately, makeup doesn't fix the eyebrow issue (at least with what I have). And since I'm not out yet I can't have them shaped. :(

Also, Amy you look great in your picture! What you should do is grab hashface as well, it has the same filters as faceapp but also has a slider bar so you can readily see what it is changing. I think it is a good indicator of the attainability. (I had some pictures it was making unreasonable changes to, others that did virtually nothing like my most recent picture post.)

My avatar should be my faceapp pic though now.

Ugh, FaceApp just updated their Female face.  I always like it over Female2 since fewer things changed in my face. This new Female face I'm not a fan of.  It barely looks like me, just a pretty girl.  Too many things updated.  This might be the cure of my faceapp addiction.

Quote from: Bari Jo on September 30, 2017, 07:39:26 AM
Ugh, FaceApp just updated their Female face.  I always like it over Female2 since fewer things changed in my face. This new Female face I'm not a fan of.  It barely looks like me, just a pretty girl.  Too many things updated.  This might be the cure of my faceapp addiction.

It is changed in hashface as well (where are these filters coming from that they share them?), so I used it to check the comparison more readily and I was kind of surprised it doesn't change much still, at least not on the pictures I tried it with. It seems to skim a little more off the jawline maybe, so perhaps it could be considered the post FFS filter?

You all look really good. I would imagine after you have been on hrt a while your results should be similar. What all can you do with these face app things. Will they change skin color?  I would love to see what I would look like with a normal skin color. And does it do like plastic surgery stuff? I would also like to see what I would look like with a nose job.

The main one in this thread doesn't have a lot of features, there are no options aside from female, male, and then some jokey filters like hitman, old, etc. There are definitely some apps that do what you want though I haven't found any that I'm happy with the quality of. Usually it is really difficult to get it to adjust the nose and all properly.

I wrote the company asking to have female, female 2 and female 3 instead of replacing one.  I honestly can't see myself using it anymore unless that's restored.  The changes are too great.  I haven't tried hashface, mainly because you have to allow too much in the app, lime identity, location, etc.  Why does the app need to know this?  I'll look for another alternative.

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I wrote the company asking to have female, female 2 and female 3 instead of replacing one.  I honestly can't see myself using it anymore unless that's restored.  The changes are too great.  I haven't tried hashface, mainly because you have to allow too much in the app, lime identity, location, etc.  Why does the app need to know this?  I'll look for another alternative.

Advertising, its loaded with it unfortunately. :/

It completely slipped my mind that I could use my actor headshots to have a look at what the app could do as they are probably the best quality photos I have of myself... the results...oh my god. I could die a happy woman if I looked like this.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2F30ivled.jpg&hash=40bdd70ddfb634bed64a9f80fc85efee30e3df24)

Very pretty Hannah.

Thank you Julia ^^

Agreed, gorgeous!

So tonight I did my makeup for real for the first time. Didn't come out great, but good enough for a first real attempt. Good enough that I have the courage to actually post a before photo! So I not only am going to post a direct face app comparison, I put together a little animated gif meld so people can get a better idea of how the filter works without having to play with the inferior hashface. So here goes!

Before:
(https://i.imgur.com/0lhLWhO.jpg)

After:
(https://i.imgur.com/dwQsvVQ.jpg)

Meld:
(https://i.imgur.com/YG2EPXg.gif)

So the eyebrows/eyes are again the stand out. No issue replicating the eyebrows, eyes are a minor procedure of FFS I believe so also obtainable. A slight lengthening of the nose to be a bit closer to upper lip, also a relatively minor procedure (at least as opposed to sawing down bone), also maybe not even needed. Lightening of skin tone is the other big issue, but can be done with pure makeup and also is a normal facet of HRT I believe? So everyone who loves their Faceapp results, have faith!

Thanks Roll, looking good.  I may have to try what you are doing too.  I think I may have been too harsh on the app.  It's more about finding which direction and lighting works for each style.  I was very used to the old female, and the new one completely changes my face using the same images.  I'll relearn what works best for my shape face.

Roll, is the first picture your real picture?  I mean without using the face app ?

Quote from: Julia1996 on October 04, 2017, 06:40:30 AM
Roll, is the first picture your real picture?  I mean without using the face app ?

Since I spoke with her in a PM I think Julia has her answer already to this, but for anyone else reading: Yep, first is just me with beginner makeup on, no app.

Alrighty, I tried using new picts, makeup and the new faceapp female.  It's just too many changes.  The new one adjusts eyes, jaw, lips, way too much.  I decided to upload a gif showing my mug from a week ago to the old female.  Please be kind.  I'm fragile.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt6qf6wyidzk06w/1x1208.gif?dl=0)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt6qf6wyidzk06w/1x1208.gif?dl=0

Bari Jo

I feel like that is 100% achievable! I don't see anything in the transformation that looks unrealistic. Increased softening of the jaw line shouldn't be a stretch at all, and everything else looks like basic cosmetics like with the eyebrows (it's always coming back to the eyebrows I feel like).

Don't be too self critical, the before picture doesn't look like a bad starting place at all to me. :) I think you have a better starting shoulder and neck place than I do too by far. Just by the nature of the picture I took for the sake of the makeup it didn't really show that on mine. (Though I'm hopeful that I can drop a few inches of circumference on neck, since a lot of people have said they went down several inches on HRT with muscle loss. Supposedly proper posture which I need to work on more with yoga will help a lot too, pulling the neck up and muscles straighter therefore narrower.) (Also I cheated a bit with the makeup and wig. It's amazing how far a little foundation and lipstick goes, and hair of course is huge on presentation. Without, my before would be quite different.)

Quote from: Bari Jo on October 04, 2017, 10:49:00 AM
Alrighty, I tried using new picts, makeup and the new faceapp female.  It's just too many changes.  The new one adjusts eyes, jaw, lips, way too much.  I decided to upload a gif showing my mug from a week ago to the old female.  Please be kind.  I'm fragile.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt6qf6wyidzk06w/1x1208.gif?dl=0)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt6qf6wyidzk06w/1x1208.gif?dl=0

Bari Jo

That picture is almost the same as your avatar.  With hrt and hair removal that's totally a realistic result.

Quote from: Julia1996 on October 04, 2017, 11:21:13 AM
That picture is almost the same as your avatar.  With hrt and hair removal that's totally a realistic result.

Thanks Roll and Julia, I got choked.up reading your comments.  I'm fragile right now, no confidence.  Your comments help me see there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and not more tunnel.

I'm doing the beard removal, and hairline repair.  I hope to be able to present sometime after that.

Bari Jo

Quote from: Bari Jo on October 04, 2017, 11:40:46 AM
Thanks Roll and Julia, I got choked.up reading your comments.  I'm fragile right now, no confidence.  Your comments help me see there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and not more tunnel.

I'm doing the beard removal, and hairline repair.  I hope to be able to present sometime after that.

Bari Jo

Have you started laser/electro? Or have an appointment?

I have my first session this evening. People tell me its' painful but I have a bunch of tattoos and those weren't bad.

Quote from: IzzyC on October 04, 2017, 11:46:14 AM
Have you started laser/electro? Or have an appointment?

I have my first session this evening. People tell me its' painful but I have a bunch of tattoos and those weren't bad.

It hurts, but it's tolerable.  Im giggling through the pain now.  I'm currently doing six hours of electrolysis a week.  I've had a session of laser on the chest and it worked well.  I wasn't planning on doing laser on the face.

Quote from: Bari Jo on October 04, 2017, 11:55:59 AM
It hurts, but it's tolerable.  Im giggling through the pain now.  I'm currently doing six hours of electrolysis a week.  I've had a session of laser on the chest and it worked well.  I wasn't planning on doing laser on the face.

Do you have lighter hair?

I'm told if you have light hair you'll need electro on the face, but if you have dark hair, then you can possibly get away with laser.

I have jet black hair so I'm going this route first, plus I got a 180$ groupon deal for 8 sessions. (Top of the line equipment too) New business opened up outside Atlanta so they're trying to build a client base.

Quote from: IzzyC on October 04, 2017, 12:04:30 PM
Do you have lighter hair?

I'm told if you have light hair you'll need electro on the face, but if you have dark hair, then you can possibly get away with laser.

I have some dark hair, but very little in the grand scheme of things.  Yeah, jet black you are lucky!

I have a dark brown hair color and am super pale (the foundation covers it up, but I'm probably paler than the lightened face app version :D), so praying laser is the ticket for me. Scared of electrolysis.

Don't be too scared.  Sure it hurts, but think of it as a reverse tattoo--each burn removes a mark--and own the pain a little.  I did what I could with laser, but electrolysis still wins in the end.

Roll, holy bananas. I see no nose issues, but we're all our own worst critic, right? Seriously though, you're so lucky with that face.

This app is amazing.

I know this threads a tiny bit old, but I just found it today. So, I shaved. I havent been shaving in recent years because lets face it, I feel ugly and who cares, right? Is that a kind of dysphoria? I have never like looking in a mirror, especially after puberty.

Anyways, how come some of you are able to add head hair? I cant figure that out, maybe the android version is not as cool? I gotta borrow on iphone if thats the case. I've been thinking of switching anyway.

Also. I figured out that if I take my picture and put it through either the Spark filter or under the style tab the Makeup filter, save that, and then rerun that saved picture through female I get some pretty awesome results given what i have to work with. Event he female filters are cool, but I dont understand why my version seems limited, I even bought the pro version.

Hi Katie, I'm only on the free Android version.  I'm not sure why but it has always added hair when I use female and female 2.  I've never used the other settings in there.

Bari Jo

Quote from: katiekatt on October 16, 2017, 10:11:38 AM
Roll, holy bananas. I see no nose issues, but we're all our own worst critic, right? Seriously though, you're so lucky with that face.

I admit, I've been very happily surprised how my face overall is structured with hair to frame it and no beard shadow visible to bias impressions. Historically I've always felt and had other people say that I have a very masculine face, but I think in reality the basic structure is neutral enough that whatever dominant features are visible (ie: hair in all its both terrible and majestic glory be it present on parts or absent in others) always draw the eyes and steal the show in a way that swung it to a masculine extreme. I'm hopeful this works in the opposite direction with a few more feminine features in place via HRT and changes in said hair. Still, hate my nose. ;D

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This app is amazing.

I know this threads a tiny bit old, but I just found it today. So, I shaved. I havent been shaving in recent years because lets face it, I feel ugly and who cares, right? Is that a kind of dysphoria? I have never like looking in a mirror, especially after puberty.

Because mirrors are populated by demons that lie to you. But yeah, I didn't shave for many, many years because in my head I just thinking "screw it, nothing to be gained, it's hopeless anyway". It may not be dysphoria directly, but it is most likely dysphoria driven. The mirror part though, yeah, that's pretty much definitively dysphoria. Hated mirrors and hated pictures of myself for the same reason. (There are literally only about 5 or 6 pictures of me from a 15 year period, and I actively avoided them to the point that for her birthday one year my mom requested simply just one good picture of me.)

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Anyways, how come some of you are able to add head hair? I cant figure that out, maybe the android version is not as cool? I gotta borrow on iphone if thats the case. I've been thinking of switching anyway.

Also. I figured out that if I take my picture and put it through either the Spark filter or under the style tab the Makeup filter, save that, and then rerun that saved picture through female I get some pretty awesome results given what i have to work with. Event he female filters are cool, but I dont understand why my version seems limited, I even bought the pro version.

I use the android version too, hair is just a crapshoot. NEVER SWITCH! ANDROID FOR LIFE! ;D Anywaaaay... sometimes it adds hair, sometimes it doesn't. And sometimes when it does, it's weird and wispy. I found it is typically better about adding hair with darker backgrounds and minimal lighting (like the first picture I posted). But that is why I just used the wig for later ones, it was frustrating to get a good face shot with weird hair.

I did one month of the pro version and wasn't too happy with it, but it was only like 2 dollars so whatever. There are some other apps out there that handle makeup way better. I just saved the faceapp picture then ran it through the Loreal makeup app for instance, it's not perfect but has a lot of options.

And just for fun, here is my most recent faceapp experiment using my blonde wig I've been meaning to post but keep forgetting to, so I'll just tack it on this one. Top left and bottom right are original, top right is female 2 i believe, bottom left female 1. I am praying that I get the HRT eye widening effect or I might have to go down the FFS rabbit hole, I really like the look of the eyes in the top right one. I feel like they really bring everything together. (Also, my eyes are hands down my best feature, male or female, courtesy of heterochromia, so just drawing attention to them in general is desirable.) Also, this is 100% not an accurate picture of me, there's one far more accurate in another thread that shows I really need to lose more weight and am not remotely passable like this particular picture makes me look. This is just about the most flattering angle I've ever gotten, so it was for sure going through faceapp. ;D

(https://i.imgur.com/Gj6o4zQ.jpg)

Your original pictures look really good Roll. Very feminine.  I think the blonde hair suits you very well.

Quote from: Roll on October 16, 2017, 11:35:23 AM
Because mirrors are populated by demons that lie to you. But yeah, I didn't shave for many, many years because in my head I just thinking "screw it, nothing to be gained, it's hopeless anyway". It may not be dysphoria directly, but it is most likely dysphoria driven. The mirror part though, yeah, that's pretty much definitively dysphoria. Hated mirrors and hated pictures of myself for the same reason. (There are literally only about 5 or 6 pictures of me from a 15 year period, and I actively avoided them to the point that for her birthday one year my mom requested simply just one good picture of me.)

I use the android version too, hair is just a crapshoot. NEVER SWITCH! ANDROID FOR LIFE! ;D Anywaaaay...

I did one month of the pro version and wasn't too happy with it, but it was only like 2 dollars so whatever. There are some other apps out there that handle makeup way better. I just saved the faceapp picture then ran it through the Loreal makeup app for instance, it's not perfect but has a lot of options.

And just for fun, here is my most recent faceapp experiment using my blonde wig I've been meaning to post but keep forgetting to, so I'll just tack it on this one. Top left and bottom right are original, top right is female 2 i believe, bottom left female 1. I am praying that I get the HRT eye widening effect or I might have to go down the FFS rabbit hole, I really like the look of the eyes in the top right one.

There ARE demons in mirrors! I too have avoided photos with a great gusto because they lock in the death forever!
Exactly, there is nothing to be gained by even trying, lol.

Ugh Androids getting on my nerves lately though. Always slow. Cleaned it up so many times. I dont know, maybe its just me lol! :laugh:

WOW, theres other apps?! I'm so airheaded, but glad you said it! I gotta get em all!

I'm thinking about posting this FA picture or two, but is there an area on here that doesnt get crawled and cached? I'm sure I'm having alot of issues over my face. I'd like to really really know the true feelings anyone has so I can determine how much of this is in my head, you know?

That blonde is awesome. You look lovely in all of these but honestly all it looks like to me is the app made it look like you applied makeup!

Quote from: katiekatt on October 16, 2017, 01:48:28 PM
WOW, theres other apps?! I'm so airheaded, but glad you said it! I gotta get em all!

I'm thinking about posting this FA picture or two, but is there an area on here that doesnt get crawled and cached? I'm sure I'm having alot of issues over my face. I'd like to really really know the true feelings anyone has so I can determine how much of this is in my head, you know?

That blonde is awesome. You look lovely in all of these but honestly all it looks like to me is the app made it look like you applied makeup!

I think it is all cached. If you'd like you can PM me a link and I'll take a look. I've become pretty good at gauging the effects of this app. ;D

And while I was wearing moderately heavy makeup in the originals (beard shadow is just too heavy no matter what I do, and I had a disturbing Fabio look going with the wig and no makeup), the app does like an extra layer of lightening, as typically women have fairer complexions than men. Which the lightening is oddly is far closer to my real skin tone, minus the odd red tint around jaw line where I think the concealer was showing through in the photo or something. (But yeah, I'm pale. First foundation I bought was soft beige. Too dark to blend into my neck, and made it look like I tanned my face and nothing else. Second, which is in that picture, was I think classic ivory. Ivory, IVORY! STILL TOO DARK! I really should go outside more, at this point I think the right foundation is going to just make me look goth/emo.)

Quote from: Julia1996 on October 16, 2017, 11:53:45 AM
Your original pictures look really good Roll. Very feminine.  I think the blonde hair suits you very well.

Thanks! I'm enjoying it, thinking I might live up the blonde look as much as possible while I'm stuck with wigs anyway and get it out of my system. ;D I'm fighting too hard for real hair to risk it down the line with bleaches and dyes.

Quote from: Roll on October 16, 2017, 02:15:28 PM
I think it is all cached. If you'd like you can PM me a link and I'll take a look. I've become pretty good at gauging the effects of this app. ;D

And while I was wearing moderately heavy makeup in the originals (beard shadow is just too heavy no matter what I do, and I had a disturbing Fabio look going with the wig and no makeup), the app does like an extra layer of lightening, as typically women have fairer complexions than men. Which the lightening is oddly is far closer to my real skin tone, minus the odd red tint around jaw line where I think the concealer was showing through in the photo or something. (But yeah, I'm pale. First foundation I bought was soft beige. Too dark to blend into my neck, and made it look like I tanned my face and nothing else. Second, which is in that picture, was I think classic ivory. Ivory, IVORY! STILL TOO DARK! I really should go outside more, at this point I think the right foundation is going to just make me look goth/emo.)

Thanks! I'm enjoying it, thinking I might live up the blonde look as much as possible while I'm stuck with wigs anyway and get it out of my system. ;D I'm fighting too hard for real hair to risk it down the line with bleaches and dyes.

It sounds like you're almost as pale as me. I don't use foundation that much but when I need it for a blotch or zits I use Kryolan paint stick color 00. 00 is as pale as my skin which is pretty much clown makeup white. They also have one shade darker. Color 070. You can get it from their web site. They have all kinds of professional make up and concealer.

For me it is all about that stereotypical Celtic semi-transparent look that seems like I should burst into flames upon contact with sunlight. Leads to very splotchy red areas on skin and visible veins since everything shows through so easy. I'm not quite as extreme as some people I've seen with the same look (who are predominantly women, so maybe HRT will change that), but definitely more so than many. (Also, my skin tans/doesn't tan very inconsistently due to my psoriasis meds which doesn't help.)

My face for instance... looks like it might be slightly tanning, but closer inspection shows it's not, and any hint of color is actually a redness underneath the skin showing through. Which creates a huge contrast with my neck and other visible skin with less inherent redness. (If I hold my arm up to my face, it can be seen very clearly.)

I think the porcelain shades might do the trick. I found an online shade calculator that when I combined fair, not even fairest, tone with the red undertone it sent me to porcelains. (In contrast, selecting other undertones sent me to the Ivories, so makes sense that it is the redness pushing me over the threshold into the porcelains.)

Quote from: Roll on October 16, 2017, 03:37:01 PM
For me it is all about that stereotypical Celtic semi-transparent look that seems like I should burst into flames upon contact with sunlight. Leads to very splotchy red areas on skin and visible veins since everything shows through so easy. I'm not quite as extreme as some people I've seen with the same look (who are predominantly women, so maybe HRT will change that), but definitely more so than many. (Also, my skin tans/doesn't tan very inconsistently due to my psoriasis meds which doesn't help.)

My face for instance... looks like it might be slightly tanning, but closer inspection shows it's not, and any hint of color is actually a redness underneath the skin showing through. Which creates a huge contrast with my neck and other visible skin with less inherent redness. (If I hold my arm up to my face, it can be seen very clearly.)

I think the porcelain shades might do the trick. I found an online shade calculator that when I combined fair, not even fairest, tone with the red undertone it sent me to porcelains. (In contrast, selecting other undertones sent me to the Ivories, so makes sense that it is the redness pushing me over the threshold into the porcelains.)

You're so lucky you can tan if you want to! I totally wish I could. But I'll be a ghost till I die. Lol

Tan is a strong word for what I do. ;D Become slightly less pale before starting to burn is more like it.

I still think your skin is gorgeous and special!

Mine is just ridiculously common on top of everything else, far too many of my ancestors had far too many children. I can't remember who said it, I think Conan O'Brien, but I'll always remember the line itself "I was genetically engineered to live in a bog."

Well I downloaded the face app and was playing around with it and this is the results let me know how close and if it is realistic

(https://i.imgur.com/gRaHhGq.png)

Quote from: natalie.ashlyne on October 17, 2017, 06:43:47 PM
Well I downloaded the face app and was playing around with it and this is the results let me know how close and if it is realistic

(https://i.imgur.com/gRaHhGq.png)

Absolutely 100%, way closer than any of the rest of us!

Hi girls 🙋 I think it definitely matters what pic use.  I did several tries, some were horrendous.  The one I'm using is very close to what I look like.  A bit more fat in the cheeks and I'm her.  When FaceApp generated it, I actually cried because it was so close.
Smiles, Jessica 💁

Quote from: natalie.ashlyne on October 17, 2017, 06:43:47 PM
Well I downloaded the face app and was playing around with it and this is the results let me know how close and if it is realistic

(https://i.imgur.com/gRaHhGq.png)

I agree with Bari Jo, it's extremely close so definitely possible!

Quote from: Jessica on October 17, 2017, 08:16:19 PM
Hi girls 🙋 I think it definitely matters what pic use.  I did several tries, some were horrendous.  The one I'm using is very close to what I look like.  A bit more fat in the cheeks and I'm her.  When FaceApp generated it, I actually cried because it was so close.
Smiles, Jessica 💁

Yeah, it is so inconsistent and easily botches angles, but when it works... god I love it. :D

Quote from: natalie.ashlyne on October 17, 2017, 06:43:47 PM
Well I downloaded the face app and was playing around with it and this is the results let me know how close and if it is realistic

I mean, to me, this is great. I feel like I've seen all kinds of people use everyday makeup to get as far as this app has changed you easily.

Quote from: Roll on October 17, 2017, 10:18:00 PM
Yeah, it is so inconsistent and easily botches angles, but when it works... god I love it. :D

It was a tense bit of time while I waited for you to see my photo and respond.

That picture is a real motivator for continuing and sticking to my weight loss too. I'm going to find the right background so it will give me hair better.... bah, i'm just going to buy a wig and makeup and go for it. I've seen the simulation, bring on the real world testing! (Pulls out phone and takes new pic for face apping, lol)

I learned a hair trick! If you have the premium filters, take your photo and run it through the bangs filter. Then save that, and use it as the basis for the female filter. It manages to add hair much more effectively for whatever reason.

I just found out about this app a minute ago while browsing through the forum.
Great fun! I did some quick snaps and i really like the results.
If anything like this would be possible through HRT and FFS i would go for it right away.
This is probably just a dream...
Anyway, here are the results from just two quick snapshots that i took.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F4q1zro.jpg&hash=46dfdd4ade707823c5df0672ec477e3fbf6fa213)

Try it while wearing makeup if you can, you may be surprised how little it does to come out to the same picture and I think realizing that was a huge confidence boost for me.

On an aside, I really hope I remember this thread to check back in a year or two and see how close results get to Faceapp.

*Goes back to starring at faceapp image I ran through like 4 filters...*

Quote from: Roll on October 26, 2017, 03:39:27 PM
...check back in a year or two and see how close results get to Faceapp.

Please do. That would be very very interesting.

I am not good at doing makeup yet. It's hard i have to say.
I don't really know what to buy and where to start.
There are just so many products. It's overwhelming.
It's definitely easier to be a guy when it comes to makeup and beauty products :P.

i'm obsessed with faceapp lately, but hope to take the fantasy into reality with makeup experiments very soon in anticipation of hrt right around the corner

i found a pretty robust photo editor app for adding and adjusting facial editing and generally playing at whats possible with makeup and such

Quote from: Nanina on October 26, 2017, 03:54:17 PM


I am not good at doing makeup yet. It's hard i have to say.
I don't really know what to buy and where to start.

Good brushes.  Well matched foundation, preferably mineral.  After that, it's all a matter of taste.

Quote from: Nanina on October 26, 2017, 03:54:17 PM
Please do. That would be very very interesting.

I am not good at doing makeup yet. It's hard i have to say.
I don't really know what to buy and where to start.
There are just so many products. It's overwhelming.
It's definitely easier to be a guy when it comes to makeup and beauty products :P.

Hi Nanina

There are couple of things I did that helped me a great deal with makeup.

I went MAC and got a makeover which kind of showed me the basic techniques, although  be careful they do expect you will buy some stuff and I think its the same for most of those kinds of companies.

The other thing I did which seemed to help me the most was not taking on too much at a time.

I started by finding a liquid foundation, lipstick, and eyeliner. I wore only these three items until I was confident I could apply them correctly and they appeared how I wanted them. I then added blush, mascara, contours, highlighter with only eyeshadow to add at the as the last one to make up my look. The main reason I left the eyeshadow to last is that I wear glasses so you don't really see it.

I can now do my makeup for day in about 30 minutes and to a standard I am happy with. This whole process was far quicker that I thought.

I use Target brand foundation, primer,setting agent and it works so well, without the cost. Check out some of the reviews on Utube vids about cheap cosmetics.

Good luck and I am sure you will achieve the look you want with some practice and perseverance

i can't use any of the interesting filters on faceapp without buying a subscription, so i got one temporarily, only to find that i still couldn't use the male filter.  it would only give me previews.  so i found another app, hashface, which has fewer settings to play around with but does have the exact same gender filters for free.
what i did was run an awkward selfie through hashface to get the "male" result, then put that through faceapp to play with the other options on there.

here's the original (https://i.imgur.com/jxysDUZ.jpg)
here's the collage (https://i.imgur.com/oP7SXhE.png)

the last one, i just put it back through the female filter out of curiosity... it ended up looking like one of my sisters

Quote from: meatwagon on October 29, 2017, 08:17:05 AM
i can't use any of the interesting filters on faceapp without buying a subscription, so i got one temporarily, only to find that i still couldn't use the male filter.  it would only give me previews.  so i found another app, hashface, which has fewer settings to play around with but does have the exact same gender filters for free.
what i did was run an awkward selfie through hashface to get the "male" result, then put that through faceapp to play with the other options on there.

here's the original (https://i.imgur.com/jxysDUZ.jpg)
here's the collage (https://i.imgur.com/oP7SXhE.png)

the last one, i just put it back through the female filter out of curiosity... it ended up looking like one of my sisters

You make a really cute guy.

Yeah, the way faceapp does the collage/preview thing is weird and just part of the app no matter if you buy the premium ones or not. It's not a big deal, you can crop them down to the single picture again pretty easily if you want to. So unnecessary though.

Quote from: meatwagon on October 29, 2017, 08:17:05 AM

here's the original (https://i.imgur.com/jxysDUZ.jpg)
here's the collage (https://i.imgur.com/oP7SXhE.png)

Oh my god you look exactly like the actor Alex O'Loughlin.

Quote from: Julia1996 on October 29, 2017, 09:47:03 AM


You make a really cute guy.

if i can even get half of that, i'll be happy!

Quote from: Roll on October 29, 2017, 10:01:57 AM
Oh my god you look exactly like the actor Alex O'Loughlin.

i had to do a quick google but i can definitely see it lol

Quote from: rmaddy on October 29, 2017, 12:49:30 AM
Good brushes.  Well matched foundation, preferably mineral.  After that, it's all a matter of taste.

Quote from: ElizabethK on October 29, 2017, 01:35:21 AM
Hi Nanina

There are couple of things I did that helped me a great deal with makeup.

I went MAC and got a makeover which kind of showed me the basic techniques, although  be careful they do expect you will buy some stuff and I think its the same for most of those kinds of companies.

The other thing I did which seemed to help me the most was not taking on too much at a time.

I started by finding a liquid foundation, lipstick, and eyeliner. I wore only these three items until I was confident I could apply them correctly and they appeared how I wanted them. I then added blush, mascara, contours, highlighter with only eyeshadow to add at the as the last one to make up my look. The main reason I left the eyeshadow to last is that I wear glasses so you don't really see it.

I can now do my makeup for day in about 30 minutes and to a standard I am happy with. This whole process was far quicker that I thought.

I use Target brand foundation, primer,setting agent and it works so well, without the cost. Check out some of the reviews on Utube vids about cheap cosmetics.

Good luck and I am sure you will achieve the look you want with some practice and perseverance

I bought this set of brushes:
https://mymakeupbrushset.com/products/10-piece-oval-brush-set
No idea if they are ok. They were cheap but they do feel very nice.
I also got a blending sponge. But i have trouble finding the right foundation, primer and powered stuff.
What do i look for? What color do i need to get? What to do with the stupid beard? I read to use some orange cover up cream but didn't find anything good.
I really have no idea about make up so far. I always preferred girls with less make up and a natural look. Thats what i would like to go for if that's even possible. I am really afraid to look like a drag queen.

Another thing is hair. I have long hair but it looks nothing like on a girl. How do girls get this volume and precision?
I talked to two different hairdressers about why my ponytail looks so boring compared to some girls but they couldn't help me.
Sometimes i feel like i should just keep being an ugly guy and hope to die soon.
I am not believing in anything. No god, heaven or rebirth but who knows? Maybe i'll be reborn as a girl?

Nanina, here is what I have been using that I've found works for my beard (I've tried a few things, these were the winners), all bought very cheap off amazon or walmart.com:

1) LA Girl Pro Conceal Orange - Make sure to rub it against the grain to really get it covering the remaining stubble.

2) Rimmel Stay Matte Liquid Mousse Foundation - slightly darker than your skin tone, use to blend over the orange. Doesn't take much, will wind up with a sort of inflamed reddish look around the area the concealer and foundation is. I use the blending sponge on this, brushes just don't work with the thickness of the mousse.

3) off brand Loose Mineral Powder Foundation - Your real skin tone. I bought a set of loose mineral makeup off of amazon for like 30 bucks, I only use the foundation and setting powder though so probably better to buy individually. Use brush to pat it on around the beard area. You can go a little heavy on this and brush off excess later, but be careful if it packs too much because you will get that overly made up look. This is what will cover up the redness and be your "actual" foundation.

4) off brand Loose Setting Powder - I only bother with this if I am going to wear it for a while. This is basically translucent version of the foundation powder I believe. My pack also came with a setting mist I spray over my face if Im bothering with the setting powder, I really don't know what is in it.

I also have a blush and an eye shadow palette but I suck with them so won't comment. Lipstick is simple enough, but of the ones I've tried I'm happiest with Revlon "Love That Red".

For foundation shade, I've had to play a guessing game. My powder has strange off brand labeling and is just listed as "fair", of the Rimmel mousses my actual skin tone is around porcelain because I'm super pale, but I've been getting by with a light ivory. Reviews seem to say the rimmel stay matte foundation is really hit or miss depending on the individual, works for me though.

I was never happy with anything for covering beard shadow besides laser (good) followed by electrolysis (great).  Be patient...it's going to take a year or two to clean up.

Meanwhile, back to the brushes.  I like the MAC 217's for eyeshadow (over a decent primer so it sticks).  The 239 is better for "packing it on".  They aren't horribly expensive and last forever if you take care of them.  You can find less expensive substitutes, but I've never once wished that I hadn't bought a good brush. 

For foundation, I think most people should resist the urge to cover up everything with opaque liquid crap.  Minerals wear easy.  Again, you'll need a brush, this time larger/dense/soft and one that grabs the mineral.  If you think minerals are too sheer or wear off too fast, put a primer underneath or simply apply when your moisturizer is still just slightly damp.  Remember, in the long run it's healthy skin, so be nice to your face.

Spend some time in the chair at MAC (they tend to lean toward gaudy colors/styles, but have nice brushes).  Tell them you are looking for "everyday" options rather than "glamour".  Introduce a little at a time to your daily routine.  Soft eyeliner or light mascara are super easy and relatively inconspicuous.  You don't need to tip the makeup artists, but you do need to make some purchases or be recognized as a bad customer.   Buy your brushes gradually and consistently as you have these sessions.  You can, of course, do the same at Sephora or Ulta, but...and there is a theme here...don't buy crap brushes.  Those stores have a range from poor to good. 

Thanks a lot to both of you for the tips and sorry for the late reply. The past few days have been very stressful. I did come out to my mom about being transgender though. It was easier than i thought and she was ok with it and will support me whatever path i'll choose. Let's see.

I ordered a basic set of makeup on amazon based on your suggestions and will start experimenting with it. I guess it all comes down to practice. I've been watching youtube makeup tutorials like crazy recently 😋.
I still look 100% like a guy so getting my makeup done somewhere is not yet an option.

Gorgeous Katie!

Also, you have a really pretty eye color. It looks almost golden.

Katie, you are so pretty!  I might follow Ellie soon and just show picts of myself.  FaceApp, you were fun, but I want to see how the real me is changing over time:)

Bari Jo

Quote from: Bari Jo on November 09, 2017, 03:05:38 AM
Katie, you are so pretty!  I might follow Ellie soon and just show picts of myself.  FaceApp, you were fun, but I want to see how the real me is changing over time:)

Bari Jo

Just make sure you are completely comfortable doing so! For me, I knew I had nothing to lose so was probably a bit premature in posting. Online school full time, no social circle to speak of, never posted pictures online before for any sort of context to online friends, etc. No one knows me so no one could recognize me or would ever search me. ;D Come to think of it, I've actually been less anonymous here than I have ever been online before.

Yup, I hear you Ellie.  I'm starting to feel more comfortable, but not quite there yet.  My FaceApp picts are a great goal, but feel so unattainable, ATM.  I know I got a lot if feedback saying absolutely attainable, just glass half empty on that right now.  Maybe I just need more group therapy.  I'm missing this month since I'm in Tokyo.  I meet with the organizer of another one the day I get back.

Bari Jo

Quote from: Roll on November 08, 2017, 05:31:02 PM
Gorgeous Katie!

Also, you have a really pretty eye color. It looks almost golden.

Thanks Ellie! That means alot from you!

Hazel! Every girl i ever dated said I had eyes and lashes to die for. I guess thats my one thing.

Quote from: Bari Jo on November 09, 2017, 03:05:38 AM
Katie, you are so pretty!  I might follow Ellie soon and just show picts of myself.  FaceApp, you were fun, but I want to see how the real me is changing over time:)

Bari Jo

I stopped using FaceApp and moved to HashFace. It seems to have more realistic results and warps your face less. At least compared to FaceApp on my device, the S6. I noticed peoples eyes look weird in FA.

Then I just used a makeup app, Photo Editor its called, to add some makeup.

Thats my intent. I want to start just figuring out my makeup and getting laser done so I can just take a picture. I think i can get there and maybe better if i keep losing weight like I have been.

I mean... my mom might disown me, but shes not on social media or anything though. My old friends and i arent even really friends, its FB chat at best. That leaves my job and I'm working on changing that now. I've realized this is who i am and this road is leading to full time eventually one way or another. I cant let anyone hold this back forever, i dont think i can crossdress as a man for the rest of my life.

Am i the only one that doesnt like how faceapp makes me look lol
I prefer the real girl in me ☺

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Quote from: dist123 on November 17, 2017, 04:58:01 PM
Am i the only one that doesnt like how faceapp makes me look lol
I prefer the real girl in me ☺

It's extremely hit and miss for sure, I've seen a few pictures that made shudder. But yeah, the real deal is preferable, faceapp is just a nice shortcut to at least garner a little bit of hope. ;D

Quote from: dist123 on November 17, 2017, 04:58:01 PM
Am i the only one that doesnt like how faceapp makes me look lol
I prefer the real girl in me ☺

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No, I like it too. My avatar is compliments of FaceApp.  Sigh..., if only.

I saw this thread a while back and didn't think much of it. Today I remembered it and gave it a shot. Behold my new profile picture. I did not pick anything feminizing, all I did was choose 'young'. Nope, I'll never look like that but I like the picture. I think I'll make it my internal-self picture, the one you see in your head and not the mirror.

btw, that is my current hair style, albeit much more silvery-gray than that :)

I'm starting to feel like the faceapp pict is more attainable.  Here is me with only light eye makeup.  I like where I'm headed...

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/flceshjwerxca4x/LRG_DSC01977.jpg?raw=1)

Bari Jo

I can definitely see it, you'll make it. It wouldn't surprise me if you surpassed it.

I haven't done any make-up yet. I don't think the wife is ready for it. She's never worn any so we don't have any and neither of us knows how to put it on. Plus, it'll take more than make-up to help me.

We'll stick to learning how to apply nail polish for now ... I have lavender tipped toenails (it was supposed to be purple, oh well). I prefer the pink that we tried first.

Here you go with a few adjustments. Give a clean face. No whiskers, Added a little lipstick. Made up the eyes. Sculpted the face a little. Changed your hair color. This part of the app is a little hinky.

Quote from: DawnOday on November 20, 2017, 05:16:47 PM
Here you go with a few adjustments. Give a clean face. No whiskers, Added a little lipstick. Made up the eyes. Sculpted the face a little. Changed your hair color. This part of the app is a little hinky.

Eef, too much like a clown!  I prefer my avatar, subtle, classy, doesn't call attention.

Bari Jo

Quote from: Bari Jo on November 20, 2017, 04:16:07 PMI'm starting to feel like the faceapp pict is more attainable.  Here is me with only light eye makeup.  I like where I'm headed...

Yay! That makes me happy...

I had to give this a try and after a lot of attempts this is what I ended up with.  After faceapp I ran it through YouCamMakeup to add some makeup (I'm nowhere near where I'd like to be with those skills).  I ended up going with the head on mugshot rather than one with a bit of a profile.  I'm not a fan of my nose to start with and the profile ones REALLY put me off on it.  Anyway, I thought it turned out well (and I look about 10 years younger, so that's good) and I'd be ecstatic if I'd get close to this.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XheTT4uLD0U/WiaxNWYdE4I/AAAAAAAAACE/ZirGU3OeOw4AULVpWw97sQoelP07I-dJACLcBGAs/s1600/Katie2.jpg)

YAY! More FaceApp fun! :D

Beautiful Katie!

Has someone who is almost 3 years into my transition I thought I would see how it works on the picture I took the day I started HRT almost 3 years ago. 

Here is the picture from where I started in March of 2015.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4569/38125157624_5f5eb8f5c6.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/215Zp6S)

Here are the two pictures it produced from the female settings...

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4560/27064209909_a26807ca77.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Hez9GM)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4541/38841071021_20c3891b78.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22bfDdi)

And here is a picture I took last week (upper left) with the two female filters and the Hollywood filter. 

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4527/27064210029_0191b6d3bd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Hez9JR)

So many things change with HRT and while I had some minor FFS on my hairline, brows and eyelids, the rest has just been the effects of the hormones.  It's fun to see what is possible but its not a predictor of actual results.

I think what is perhaps more interesting is that the App makes absolutely no changes to your face post HRT. That means that algorithmically speaking, your face is entirely female. :D

(Also, if anyone hasn't noticed, the order it offers you the filters is indicative of if the app read your face as male or female. I actually get read as female by it with makeup on, which I love, though the filter still makes obvious changes unlike with Jess's post HRT ones.)

Quote from: Roll on December 05, 2017, 11:24:04 AM
I think what is perhaps more interesting is that the App makes absolutely no changes to your face post HRT. That means that algorithmically speaking, your face is entirely female. :D

I was amazed that it didn't change much of anything.  I am finding in real life that everyone just sees me as a tall woman now.  Losing weight has certainly helped and the HRT is working magic.   

well, on the plus side of things. Faceapp, for the first time ever, detected a picture of me as female. On the downside of things .. it's faceapp :P

I thought I'd post the picture and the hollywood version for, hmm, giggles? Here you go:

unedited selfie:
(https://i.imgur.com/nzK1Kbb.jpg)

faceapp 'hollywood' filter:
(https://i.imgur.com/9MJjctE.jpg)

I have a lot of work to do but you got to start somewhere. Now, where's that magic anti-aging wand .......

Wow

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180105/16f1b1c1bba7586a08556c8cec0768eb.jpg)

FaceApp did some good work on me. I can only hope.


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Wow, again!

Faceapp is a scary app. I really should uninstall it. The odds of me ever looking the way it represents me is so remote without major expensive surgery ... It makes me sigh and wish and delete things.

here's an example:
(again, the one on the left is unedited)
(https://i.imgur.com/Wc7rhbD.jpg)

While aging is a different ballgame, in terms of the feminizing effects a lot of them are extraordinarily minor and can be done with contouring makeup properly. I've done few melds between my original pictures and faceapp pictures, and the changes are shockingly minute for huge result. (Eyes and eyebrows are the big change, which the latter is readily correctable and the former is affected by hrt some.)

Where can I get this app.  And Roll, can you elaborate on your eyes and eye brow comment?  Thanks Sweetie

I need help with my Makeup. My daughter is an ace at it- she does hers very nicely. My wife actually offered to take me to Ulta at some point...which FLOORED me.


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Quote from: Cali on January 05, 2018, 10:22:45 AM
Where can I get this app.  And Roll, can you elaborate on your eyes and eye brow comment?  Thanks Sweetie

Weird, I know I replied earlier to this. Must have done the thing where I go to post and then don't scroll down to see the warning about new posts since started typed and immediately close window tab. ;D Oh well!

So basically the largest notable effect of face app's female filter aside from lightening and smoothing effect is that it shifts the eyebrows up and widens the eyes. It does a few other things, but nothing has the same effect as the eyes.

If you mean elaborate on the HRT and eye changes, it has been brought up a few times in the before and after thread that many people have wider eyes after time on HRT. Which makes sense since the face will be pulled in different ways by the fat rearrangement. Nothing is a sure thing of course, but even worst case scenario it's a minor part of FFS. (This can also be seen by looking at Jess's faceapp post a little bit back, where her current picture isn't changed at all almost with the female filter aside from for some reason giving her heavier mascara.)

Thank you Roll.  While I have learned a lot there's always so much to learn and sometimes I just get lazy instead of checking things out myself.

Quote from: Cali on January 05, 2018, 11:40:11 PM
Thank you Roll.  While I have learned a lot there's always so much to learn and sometimes I just get lazy instead of checking things out myself.

Never hesitate to ask questions even if you think they have been covered elsewhere, no one is expected to dive through nearly 20 decades of forum posts. :P

FaceApp is such a fun app but I think it makes me depressed and over eager for things to move along that seem stalled.

It's also kinda interesting to look at ones from today vs even a few months ago and see how they are almost the same despite the effects of hormones and hair removal. Wonder how this will compare to the real me in say, two years after ffs and the hormonal changes have settled.

Here is one, original with no makeup is the upper left one. The others are random across a few months. This gives me hope I may someday pass. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180106/fe8c20f7fa5507b666c7eac3da287064.jpg)

Quote from: jill610 on January 06, 2018, 06:33:17 AM
FaceApp is such a fun app but I think it makes me depressed and over eager for things to move along that seem stalled.

It's also kinda interesting to look at ones from today vs even a few months ago and see how they are almost the same despite the effects of hormones and hair removal. Wonder how this will compare to the real me in say, two years after ffs and the hormonal changes have settled.

Here is one, original with no makeup is the upper left one. The others are random across a few months. This gives me hope I may someday pass. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180106/fe8c20f7fa5507b666c7eac3da287064.jpg)

I think you're doing pretty good now girl. [emoji1380]



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Quote from: Kc1058 on January 06, 2018, 06:43:23 AM
I think you're doing pretty good now girl. [emoji1380]



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Oh you just made my day [emoji847]

Me to any cosmetic surgeon: 
OMG, TAKE ALL MY MONEY NOW!!!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180106/951a20c801b9f33e0fe3a935662f6d8e.jpg)

I think you look pretty even without surgery! Nice female face...

Quote from: Elli.P on January 06, 2018, 08:16:18 AM
Me to any cosmetic surgeon: 
OMG, TAKE ALL MY MONEY NOW!!!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180106/951a20c801b9f33e0fe3a935662f6d8e.jpg)

My hair is quite a mess... still in the awkward phase after 10 month... guess another 10 and a bit more color and things look a bit better.

Then I have to decide on FFS. I still think I have no chance of ever passing without some major rework.


(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180106/08d4fa8dd5aba0479b9d8093a70f96cd.jpg)

Awww! Thanks Sarah! I'm only 4 months on HRT, so more changes to come.

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Quote from: Elli.P on January 06, 2018, 08:16:18 AM
Me to any cosmetic surgeon: 
OMG, TAKE ALL MY MONEY NOW!!!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180106/951a20c801b9f33e0fe3a935662f6d8e.jpg)

Right?!?! [emoji1380]


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https://i.imgur.com/3ABlwph.jpg wow this app is amazing, if I look anything like that when I transition I will be the happiest woman alive. https://imgur.com/a/V9Vxt
https://i.imgur.com/exXDOy1.jpg

Quote from: Elli.P on January 06, 2018, 11:12:01 AM
Awww! Thanks Sarah! I'm only 4 months on HRT, so more changes to come.

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Your's turned out better than mine!  My right face looking at the pic looks like I'm melting :)

(https://i.imgur.com/TP3kOU4.jpg)

Just felt like posting a new one. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Left is unfiltered, right is female 1.

You look marvelous!

Makes me really want to grab some lip gloss and lighter foundation and see how far it takes me. Maybe better lighting.

Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 06:43:27 PM
Makes me really want to grab some lip gloss and lighter foundation and see how far it takes me. Maybe better lighting.

I'm a few days behind you in HRT.  Your picture did turn out great - I'm sooooooooooooooooo jealous.  I did the FaceApp and part of my face looks like it's melting, lol.  Also, when I first saw it I thought I was looking at a picture of my mom.

Nice Ellie, you are truly an your way.  You will get there way before most of us!

Bari Jo

Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 06:39:59 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/TP3kOU4.jpg)

Just felt like posting a new one. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Left is unfiltered, right is female 1.

All it did was add makeup. Highlighter in the right spots, lashes, redder lipstick and brow shaping and what I would attribute to good makeup/skin care regimen: daily serum/moisturizer and then primer and concealer/med coverage foundation.

I mean you look 100% on the left!

The only difference I see is the filter made your makeup brighter. You look very good. And you've only been on hrt for how long? A month? More time on hrt and you're going to be very pretty.

It also raised the outer brow a tiny bit...something you could accomplish with a $10 wax.  Your facial shape is enviable.

My picture had smoke eyes with dark liner. I went out last night an did my eyes like that it looked great. Working now on face makeup to make skin smoother. I think proper makeup will help alot until I can get FFS.

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Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 06:39:59 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/TP3kOU4.jpg)

Just felt like posting a new one. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Left is unfiltered, right is female 1.

IMO, the app only gave you lighter and smoother skin and eye mascara. You naturally have a nice face for hormones to work at!

I try a new one every few days-
This is last nights result.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180114/7b2e16d9ccc76ff630de9168cc7c16f9.jpg)


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Love the look!

Thanks! [emoji1380] My brows need work though. 🤷🏼‍♀️


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Quote from: Kc1058 on January 14, 2018, 08:54:03 AM
I try a new one every few days-
This is last nights result.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180114/7b2e16d9ccc76ff630de9168cc7c16f9.jpg)


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Look'n good twin HRT sister!

Quote from: Cali on January 14, 2018, 10:40:54 AM
Look'n good twin HRT sister!

Whoop whoop! Thanks! It may be my signature look... At least it's what works best for me right now. [emoji1355]‍♀️


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https://i.imgur.com/Ab6KzoV.jpg this app is awesome, well when it isn't far fetched :P.



https://i.imgur.com/KnP0WuG.jpg

Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 06:39:59 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/TP3kOU4.jpg)

Just felt like posting a new one. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Left is unfiltered, right is female 1.

It looks to me like it changed your eyebrows a little for the second image. Made them a bit higher. Other than that it only seems to have added make up and mascara.

Quote from: Roll on January 11, 2018, 06:39:59 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/TP3kOU4.jpg)

Just felt like posting a new one. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Left is unfiltered, right is female 1.

You are looking good Ellie!

Chrissy

Quote from: Rafaelle on February 04, 2018, 01:03:45 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/Ab6KzoV.jpg) this app is awesome, well when it isn't far fetched :P.



(https://i.imgur.com/KnP0WuG.jpg)

Looking good Rafaelle! You have great cheeks!

Ellie,


With you also being a nerd girl, do you know or will speculate on how these face altering apps
do their gender face altering magic?  Besides placing filters like perhaps Lightroom does, does it just plug in female type eyes, brows, lips, and so on and smooth things out to the right dimensions?

I would think the algorithms are complex, probably akin to the age adjusting apps.  It would be fascinating to know what those rules and algorithms are that the apps follow to make the facial transformations.  I suppose a good app addition would be to allow the users to request all types of hairstyles (and colors) to see what each would look like on them.  Then maybe makeup alternatives.


Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 04, 2018, 03:44:22 PM
With you also being a nerd girl, do you know or will speculate on how these face altering apps
do their gender face altering magic?  Besides placing filters like perhaps Lightroom does, does it just plug in female type eyes, brows, lips, and so on and smooth things out to the right dimensions?

I would think the algorithms are complex, probably akin to the age adjusting apps.  It would be fascinating to know what those rules and algorithms are that the apps follow to make the facial transformations.  I suppose a good app addition would be to allow the users to request all types of hairstyles (and colors) to see what each would look like on them.  Then maybe makeup alternatives.


Chrissy

I don't have any real background in facial recognition or any algorithms of the sort at all, but I have a few assumptions from over analyzing the pictures. It is definitely using the user's features rather than pasting on stock noses/brows/etc, just skewing them/stretching them/etc. When things go wrong(wearing glasses at a bad angle) you can really see the effects it is attempting. Most likely it just creates a mesh over the face with a few of the major features and then does a reduction or increase based on the averages out there. Well, for female filter at least. For old and male, it's definitely pasting in extra details like wrinkles and blending them out a little along certain points of the facial mesh. Hair is weirder, I'm not sure what it's doing with that because it is so inconsistent.

the easiest way to see what it is doing btw is getting Hashface. It has a slider bar instead of just on/off. I create an animation that went from no filter with a frame every 10% to full filter. You can see the "slide" from the skewing effects for sure, things aren't just being straight up replaced.

You look great too Ellie :D

I was just playing around with this too. I was surprised at the results.  I'm not all that feminine looking.  No HRT yet or anything.

Here's mine:

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F6f75u8.jpg&hash=a0dd686296bc36ce844e47bc6d65c5a93a69dcc2)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2941bih.jpg&hash=a40993da01cb44a68f752ced85a199681fece53d)

Doesn't it just blow you away? 

Quote from: Cassi on February 14, 2018, 02:50:39 PM
Doesn't it just blow you away? 

I'd be happy with either pic.  :P

Quote from: SuchisLife on February 14, 2018, 03:00:39 PM
I'd be happy with either pic.  :P

Time & HRT will tell :)

Faceapp, I think gives confidence initially at the start of transition, which is important I think.  After a while when you've been on hrt, you might not like faceapp anymore because it continues to feminize beyond you.  It was doing that for me.  I turned to virtual makeup apps.  These do not change your underlying image only paints on top of it.  As proof, my Avatar is using the virtual markup app.  Then I went to Sephora for a 45 min makeover, and the picture from Sephora is nearly identical.  I use an app called Pretty Makeup, BTW.  This Thursday I'm going to attempt doing it all on my own for group.

Bari Jo

I'm still hopeful for long term fat redistribution and weight loss to line up with faceapp (seems to be decently close based on people running it on pre-transition photos of themselves who have been on hrt for a long time), but I agree, at this in between point it feels more fantasy when the reality is starting to get better anyway.

Quote from: Roll on February 20, 2018, 12:01:09 PM
I'm still hopeful for long term fat redistribution and weight loss to line up with faceapp (seems to be decently close based on people running it on pre-transition photos of themselves who have been on hrt for a long time), but I agree, at this in between point it feels more fantasy when the reality is starting to get better anyway.

We need to find Mr. Roark and go to Fantasy Island!!!!!

how do you post pictures?

Quote from: chloe85 on February 26, 2018, 02:51:27 AM
how do you post pictures?

You have to get an imgur account post the pics on there than copy can paste the link on here (bbcode)

 I took my pic just to see what would happen and this is what I got hope I can get close

(https://i.imgur.com/XsQKaWo.png)

Quote from: natalie.ashlyne on February 26, 2018, 07:04:25 AM
I took my pic just to see what would happen and this is what I got hope I can get close

With longer hair that is pretty much what you look like now, so I'd say you're really close. ;D

My latest Faceapp comparison.  I guess this is what I could have looked like if I had transitioned 20 years ago.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4651/25657314667_4a5f1aec93_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/F6frLg)

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180228/0b7cd06a3ddbeac4d1ff81261f792509.jpg)

Here is a face app set ... I hope I look 3/4 this good in the future

I was bored and playing with it again earlier (because it's like really good time travel) and this is what I got:

(https://i.imgur.com/zgTdOY7.jpg)

Bottom left original, top left female 1, top right female 1 with hollywood, bottom right female 1 with glasses.

Quote from: Roll on February 27, 2018, 09:49:31 PM
I was bored and playing with it again earlier (because it's like really good time travel) and this is what I got:

Bottom left original, top left female 1, top right female 1 with hollywood, bottom right female 1 with glasses.

Those are very beautiful of you Ellie. :)

Chelsea

Quote from: I Am Jess on February 27, 2018, 08:41:42 PM
My latest Faceapp comparison.  I guess this is what I could have looked like if I had transitioned 20 years ago.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4651/25657314667_4a5f1aec93_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/F6frLg)

I dont see much difference Jess you look beautiful in both to me just one is brighter

Totally agree!  And she better not be out after curfew!

Quote from: Roll on February 27, 2018, 09:49:31 PM
I was bored and playing with it again earlier (because it's like really good time travel) and this is what I got:

(https://i.imgur.com/zgTdOY7.jpg)

Bottom left original, top left female 1, top right female 1 with hollywood, bottom right female 1 with glasses.

You look good in all of them Ellie

Nah, she only looks good in the four!

Quote from: Roll on February 27, 2018, 09:49:31 PM
I was bored and playing with it again earlier (because it's like really good time travel) and this is what I got:

(https://i.imgur.com/zgTdOY7.jpg)

Bottom left original, top left female 1, top right female 1 with hollywood, bottom right female 1 with glasses.

So. It's been a while, but I thought I'd revisit this thread to test Faceapp's accuracy. The above pictures were taken at 2 months. The filters are listed in the quote. Here is a few seconds ago, trying to use the same angle and same level of smile (ie: not relying on my much more puffy cheeks now! ;D). Worth noting that the app reads me as female even without the wig now.

Just under 8 months, zero makeup, haven't shaved in about 36 hours:
(https://i.imgur.com/29Z6eUo.jpg)

Not quite to the filtered pictures, but honestly... I think it's getting close.

https://imgur.com/a/bmJN6zB (https://imgur.com/a/bmJN6zB)
done with faceapp, if I become like that in the end I will be ecstatic lol

Very nice Rafaelle!

Also,whoa. Just looked at my own above. Feb, August, and my current profile pic now in oct...  thats...  different.

Dunno how about to feel this lol

(https://i.imgur.com/lKa642X.png)

No a related note.... Any opinions on the apps out there that let you take a selfie and try different hairstyles? I have been playing a bit with an iPhone app, and I have to say it's sobering. I am somewhat, ah, mannish shall we say. I hope the app just does a poor job.

Those hairstyle apps are bad unfortunately, virtually impossible to get a realistic effect from them

I was hesitant to try FaceApp but I was curious to see how I would look with blond hair. And then I started playing with it a little more... A few hours and more than a hundred pictures later, I think I have fallen in love with my blond, adept at makeup and smiling self. I almost cried at some of the results because it did not change much but the overall difference is huge, and O M G that girl on those pictures looks like fun, I want to be her! I like my dark hair but becoming a blond would do me good I think, I was too serious for too long.

Edit: Looking at these pictures makes me laugh so hard, I would never have thought that I could look like a blond mindless bimbo, it would be a great contrast to the serious software developer I supposedly am :D

This FaceApp is maybe heavily exaggerating what I'd look like as a girl  :laugh:

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMOwqeAi.jpg&hash=eefabee0482190c69d7257fe96eae3287253531b)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5iD9GBH.jpg&hash=1e84b4849f7d3f1f9b6f382792b3c8fe587f4804)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUagjdFc.jpg&hash=f8d35be445489f0b46d23adbafdd3682b4d24384)

Played around with face app.

This is how I look as a guy and a woman. The beard was just added. Funny thing though. I look like my sister in the woman pics. The woman pics have changed me a lot. They don't look like me at all. Original upper left.

Face app is fun. But I guess it can show you a goal, where you want to go.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181130/7e1de185c4bfe43483ada28b0858ae90.jpg)

I tried Faceapp and the results were amusing. It literally made me look like a baby.

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Quote from: Auser on November 28, 2018, 11:00:49 PM
This FaceApp is maybe heavily exaggerating what I'd look like as a girl  :laugh:

Some of the results would probably require FFS, but honestly as long as it's applying the algorithm as intended (ie: it caught the right facial points to begin with and didn't radically distort things ;D) I don't think I've seen anything from it I consider out of reach.

these are 2 faceapp, one from a January photo and one from an April photo. One photo untouched from November

(https://i.imgur.com/Sf3qvDI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KvnxwjM.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Riy9SKV.jpg)

I'm getting there, I think. Just give me a little more time

Quote from: Faith on December 01, 2018, 05:26:42 PM
these are 2 faceapp, one from a January photo and one from an April photo. One photo untouched from November

(https://i.imgur.com/Sf3qvDI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KvnxwjM.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Riy9SKV.jpg)

I'm getting there, I think. Just give me a little more time

You are sure getting there.  It seems as if the light plays a big rolle with the skin appearance.  The middle picture is way darker than the last one, and if the light would be reduced, it would be much closer!

I believe I failed the app or the app failed me LOL. I am not seeing any changes.
I'm on the left.
(https://i.imgur.com/vyvoj33.jpg)

Quote from: GingerVicki on December 01, 2018, 07:54:37 PM
I believe I failed the app or the app failed me LOL. I am not seeing any changes.
I'm on the left.

the change is there, I can see it. It's minimal because in that photo there was very little change necessary .. none really.

yea, I'm one of the lucky ones.  :icon_geekdance:

I guess I've reached the point where using the app is almost useless.  There is a little bit of a difference in some of the pics but it's mostly just softening the age.  I'm only wearing eye and lip makeup in my original picture.  There is a bit of a difference in the bottom right "young" picture.  Kinda makes me wish I had started my transition sooner...:(

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4877/31269233127_779a70ff43_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PD9ZB6)

It seems to me that FaceApp gender change works better for Asian faces, but I am not quite sure.

This one, female 2, makes my face look greatly rounder.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4916/31279179757_0cfb616e32_b.jpg)

The second one, female, does not change the overall shape so much, but basically brightens my hair, eyebrow and face colors.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4906/31279179847_59a85a8e98_b.jpg)

Of course, both attach very feminine eyelashes.

I do not think any HRT would make me look like either one. I am realistic.

barbie~~

@ Barbie
I don't think that the after picture are dramatically different to you current looks.  The major difference , besides the lighter color is that they made your nose a little narrower at the bottom of it (less flared), and that the slanted your eyes a little more (i. E.) make you look a little more "Asian".

Quote from: Dietlind on December 07, 2018, 10:15:54 PM
@ Barbie
I don't think that the after picture are dramatically different to you current looks.  The major difference , besides the lighter color is that they made your nose a little narrower at the bottom of it (less flared), and that the slanted your eyes a little more (i. E.) make you look a little more "Asian".

Yes. The changes are subtle, but it is like magic.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4865/44410305150_d85614710e_o.jpg)

barbie~~

Quote from: barbie on December 08, 2018, 03:43:13 AM
Yes. The changes are subtle, but it is like magic.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4865/44410305150_d85614710e_o.jpg)

barbie~~

I still feel that the "original" Barbie looks pretty good, and that the "computer" Barbie does not look any better!

PITU

barbie~~

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/dc067240185afae87a8c2c1adb5359df.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/75306e1b3ab2523d073e3c72ae8287fa.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/1681af26c3c351a72e4fd8937bb6a55d.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/75c5355f93b5aa08b16b67ff3e161a6e.jpg)

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I did one tonight and I'm like seriously! The app added the beard. I've never been able to grow a beard like that.

if this
(https://i.imgur.com/Vb7tiOQ.jpg)

turns into this.  :icon_geekdance:
(https://i.imgur.com/i2bMUrw.jpg)

PITU

Comparison

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/90a0a4b6357699427a383f7ec96ebb78.jpg)  (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/ac265c53db56ad398de3d71db9c68a79.jpg)


barbie~~

Too bad life isn't that easy.

Quote from: GingerVicki on January 24, 2019, 03:51:54 AM

(https://i.imgur.com/i2bMUrw.jpg)

That is a really pretty girl!

Quote from: barbie on January 24, 2019, 04:15:09 AM
PITU

Comparison

barbie~~(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/90a0a4b6357699427a383f7ec96ebb78.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190124/ac265c53db56ad398de3d71db9c68a79.jpg)

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I don't see any dramatic difference, the app makes the contours a little softer, but also not as clear.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 24, 2019, 08:52:49 AM
That is a really pretty girl!

Yea I know. The app made me hot!

Quote from: GingerVicki on January 24, 2019, 08:54:21 AM
Yea I know. The app made me hot!

You are hot.  The app did not change your facial structure, it just enhanced what is there.  Let estrogen do it's jobby with moving some fat around, and you do the makeup work, and you are as hot as the faceapp girl!

Ok, I think I broke it. [emoji1787]
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190125/7d39951e05d23553c826d740666b2b7b.jpg)


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Quote from: Dietlind on January 24, 2019, 04:24:57 PM
You are hot.  The app did not change your facial structure, it just enhanced what is there.  Let estrogen do it's jobby with moving some fat around, and you do the makeup work, and you are as hot as the faceapp girl!

I am sure this explains how i feel!
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FiMjE7Bpl.png&hash=5d79089f7e0bfc917e54956996a53b493c10218c)

Quote from: GingerVicki on January 25, 2019, 03:57:11 AM
I am sure this explains how i feel!
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FiMjE7Bpl.png&hash=5d79089f7e0bfc917e54956996a53b493c10218c)

You would look less attractive if you would open your mouth that wide!

PITU
Past lives

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4898/31930971127_ab6bf89490_b.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4854/32996947048_23f040c9ea_b.jpg)

barbie~~

Quote from: barbie on January 25, 2019, 09:18:48 AM
PITU
Past lives

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4898/31930971127_ab6bf89490_b.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4854/32996947048_23f040c9ea_b.jpg)

barbie~~

You mean those days when you were a Geisha, doing the Japanese tea ceremonies?

Quote from: Dietlind on January 25, 2019, 11:26:40 AM
You mean those days when you were a Geisha, doing the Japanese tea ceremonies?

They are both Chinese figures. The first one is from a popular TV drama:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxXxt2ijM7I

The second one is a famous Chinese queen, the best known beauty in the Chinese history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Guifei

And the Chinese sentences are from a famous poem depicting the love and regret of the Chinese King to Yang Guifei: Chang hen ge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_hen_ge_(poem) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_hen_ge_(poem))

在天願作比翼鳥 在地願為連理枝
"Let's be two birds in the sky flying side by side. Let's be two branches on the earth inseparably tied."

The translation is not accurate, but the first sentence mentions a legendary pair of birds, and the second a pair of trees looking like this:

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jjan.kr%2Fnews%2Fphoto%2F201108%2F409695_103086_5936.jpg&hash=c2e18b990402b09bdb85149da0272ae0ad11f9c2)

http://www.musicated.com/syh/TangPoems/EverlastingRegret.htm

barbie~~

Quote from: barbie on January 25, 2019, 08:09:44 PM
They are both Chinese figures. The first one is from a popular TV drama:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxXxt2ijM7I

The second one is a famous Chinese queen, the best known beauty in the Chinese history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Guifei

And the Chinese sentences are from a famous poem depicting the love and regret of the Chinese King to Yang Guifei: Chang hen ge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_hen_ge_(poem) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_hen_ge_(poem))

在天願作比翼鳥 在地願為連理枝
"Let's be two birds in the sky flying side by side. Let's be two branches on the earth inseparably tied."

The translation is not accurate, but the first sentence mentions a legendary pair of birds, and the second a pair of trees looking like this:

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jjan.kr%2Fnews%2Fphoto%2F201108%2F409695_103086_5936.jpg&hash=c2e18b990402b09bdb85149da0272ae0ad11f9c2)

http://www.musicated.com/syh/TangPoems/EverlastingRegret.htm

barbie~~

The way it looks to me, Chinese writing is quite a bit different to Korean writing?  Korean writing looks pretty square to me, and easier to decipher.  Am I correct?

Quote from: Dietlind on January 25, 2019, 08:18:15 PM
The way it looks to me, Chinese writing is quite a bit different to Korean writing?  Korean writing looks pretty square to me, and easier to decipher.  Am I correct?

Basically Hangul (Korean alphabet) consists of horizontal and vertical bars like Chinese characters. Regarding shapes of letters in the human history of writing, Jared Diamond once wrote an excellent and insightful essay:
http://discovermagazine.com/1994/jun/writingright384

In summary, the shapes greatly differ depending on the material used for scribing such as clay, papyrus, stone, bronze, and paper.

Probably Hangul is the easiest alphabet in the world to learn. You can learn pronouncing and writing it within a few hours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul

barbie~~

Quote from: barbie on January 25, 2019, 08:40:08 PM
Basically Hangul (Korean alphabet) consists of horizontal and vertical bars like Chinese characters. Regarding shapes of letters in the human history of writing, Jared Diamond once wrote an excellent and insightful essay:
http://discovermagazine.com/1994/jun/writingright384

In summary, the shapes greatly differ depending on the material used for scribing such as clay, papyrus, stone, bronze, and paper.

Probably Hangul is the easiest alphabet in the world to learn. You can learn pronouncing and writing it within a few hours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul

barbie~~

Thanks, interesting reading.  I have to share this with my ex wife, she is a linguist, and taught at a university  foreign language acquisition methods to high school language teachers.

Every once in a while I launch FaceApp and I spend a few hours playing with it.. I created hundreds of pictures in the last few months. I only use the hair styling and make-up filters, sometimes changing the background or adjust the colors so it shouldn't really change my face.

It still has the same effect on me as the first time, damn, it's a strange sensation looking at those pictures.
A little more than a decade ago I hated when someone took a picture of me, I hated mirrors with a passion, rarely looked at myself and now I cannot takes my eyes off of my own pictures.

And while I know that it is me in those pictures and the only difference is hair and make-up I feel like I am looking at a stranger. Maybe because I always had black hair, maybe because I captured a short smile and it lasts forever in the pictures, I don't know. I also feel this strange attraction kind of feeling which is weird considering I am looking at myself. I don't know how people who didn't hate themselves for decades feel when they like what they see in the mirror but for me these moments are still strange.

Looking at these pictures, or just thinking about them gives me an extra motivation to move forward, to let the smiling, confident and attractive girl in the pictures out full-time into the real world.

So, I finally tried faceapp. Don't  I wish!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190208/6b47c2e9b20cdc91168be56d9e50062a.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190208/fa469e18f0ff087d7dafc38cb874ed44.jpg)

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Quote from: Lynne on January 27, 2019, 06:09:57 PM
Every once in a while I launch FaceApp and I spend a few hours playing with it.. I created hundreds of pictures in the last few months. I only use the hair styling and make-up filters, sometimes changing the background or adjust the colors so it shouldn't really change my face.

It still has the same effect on me as the first time, damn, it's a strange sensation looking at those pictures.
A little more than a decade ago I hated when someone took a picture of me, I hated mirrors with a passion, rarely looked at myself and now I cannot takes my eyes off of my own pictures.

And while I know that it is me in those pictures and the only difference is hair and make-up I feel like I am looking at a stranger. Maybe because I always had black hair, maybe because I captured a short smile and it lasts forever in the pictures, I don't know. I also feel this strange attraction kind of feeling which is weird considering I am looking at myself. I don't know how people who didn't hate themselves for decades feel when they like what they see in the mirror but for me these moments are still strange.

Looking at these pictures, or just thinking about them gives me an extra motivation to move forward, to let the smiling, confident and attractive girl in the pictures out full-time into the real world.

That girl is there,s he just needs to be pulled out of the corner!  Face App does not change your bony structure, it just messes a little around with the variable.
The base face is here behind what ever you used to hide it!

Quote from: Melinda@heart on February 08, 2019, 03:48:20 PM
So, I finally tried faceapp. Don't  I wish!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190208/6b47c2e9b20cdc91168be56d9e50062a.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190208/fa469e18f0ff087d7dafc38cb874ed44.jpg)

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I see some pretty girl faces!

Quote from: GingerVicki on January 25, 2019, 03:57:11 AM
I am sure this explains how i feel!
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com%2FiMjE7Bpl.png&hash=5d79089f7e0bfc917e54956996a53b493c10218c)

How long have you been on HRT? Thinks like the jaw will recede some with time as the muscles decline and if you lose weight it will help (in general, I'm not saying you personally need to lose weight).

That said I'm happy I got my golden ticket but I wish all of us could too.  :-\

I took another picture and did the gender swap. The difference between my 3 pics shows the inconsistency of this app. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190209/2477f61ded972a6b403488ca92d587d9.jpg)

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Quote from: NatalieRene on February 08, 2019, 09:27:05 PM
How long have you been on HRT? Thinks like the jaw will recede some with time as the muscles decline and if you lose weight it will help (in general, I'm not saying you personally need to lose weight).

That said I'm happy I got my golden ticket but I wish all of us could too.  :-\

4 months

Quote from: GingerVicki on February 08, 2019, 09:43:26 PM
4 months

Four months is nothing. That's about the time changes started but it starts in a trickle before the floodgates open.

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 08, 2019, 09:47:54 PM
Four months is nothing. That's about the time changes started but it starts in a trickle before the floodgates open.

good

Quote from: Dietlind on February 08, 2019, 06:50:56 PM
That girl is there,s he just needs to be pulled out of the corner!  Face App does not change your bony structure, it just messes a little around with the variable.
The base face is here behind what ever you used to hide it!

To be fair, even the original pictures were taken in favorable lighting, under normal circumstances my age shows a lot more and the FaceApp filters make my skin look younger and they add a little more magic with the new hair and makeup as well. The result is a girl who could have been me 10 years ago, now it feels it would be too much effort to make my skin look like that again but we'll see if eating healthier and starting hormones will do anything in that regard.

Quote from: Lynne on February 10, 2019, 11:04:44 AM
To be fair, even the original pictures were taken in favorable lighting, under normal circumstances my age shows a lot more and the FaceApp filters make my skin look younger and they add a little more magic with the new hair and makeup as well. The result is a girl who could have been me 10 years ago, now it feels it would be too much effort to make my skin look like that again but we'll see if eating healthier and starting hormones will do anything in that regard.

Once you have more female emotions, you want to look good, not necessary for others, bu for yourself.  To make my skin look younger, I went through a very painful microneedling procedure.  I have forgotten the pain, but my skin looks definitely better.
My avatar shows me after contouring was done to my face.  I don't feel I look to shaby for an old woman of almost 76 years, or?
You can do this, too!

Here I have to steel the signature and say:
Onwards we go young sisters!
Linde

Quote from: Roll on September 04, 2017, 11:15:18 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/jm41Jpl.jpg)
https://imgur.com/jm41Jpl
That is mine, I love it so much. Well, except for m stupid nose. Everyone says I never broke it, but there is no way I didn't. I even know when it happened, but people keep saying I'm crazy. (I slammed my face into the pavement when I was a kid, have a fake tooth and everything from it.)

@Roll

You have a beautiful nose. I don't think I could achieve that with FFS.

Ricki

The girl in my avatar is me after FaceApp!  :D

Face Apps are good fun, yet tend not to take them seriously or at face value.
Infact, if we are truly honest.. many of us including cis femails like to edit and tweak out profile pics for
FB, Instragram, Snapchat etc. But sometimes/often, reality can tell a different story! x 

Quote from: Josie_L on March 19, 2019, 07:32:53 PM
Face Apps are good fun, yet tend not to take them seriously or at face value.
Infact, if we are truly honest.. many of us including cis femails like to edit and tweak out profile pics for
FB, Instragram, Snapchat etc. But sometimes/often, reality can tell a different story! x

This is so true, I know I do. I have some surprising responses though. When I finally meet someone in person (not just from Susan's, I mean 'in the wild') one of their first comments is, "You look much better in person".  I despise cameras and it shows in the photo.

I'm much better live, not Memorex.

I had a play earlier. I'm still in the "working out what's up with my gender" stage but I was strangely satisfied to note that the "female" filter made me look significantly different to the "male" one which honestly didn't seem to do much beyond give me a terribly unflattering haircut and make my lips smaller (oh and give me stubble lol)

The female one made my nose smaller and my eyes bigger which I rather object to lol. I LIKE my nose.

Not totally sure boy me is that hot though. Hmmm
But maybe that's because he has terrible terrible hair.

Face app me is pretty hot.  :D
(https://i.imgur.com/RTCac9k.png)

(https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/56232310_999372696922485_5567657975155261440_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=dc1f3c12d67ce4a3ccc078fba10d4449&oe=5D4F968F)

I give you some options lol.

Me, me as a guy according to faceap (aside from giving me a horrible haircut and making my skin blotchier and my mouth smaller what'd it do?), me with a  beard (ahahahah) and me with the "female" swap ahaha.

It changed more with the female I think. Made my cheeks rounder, my nose smaller (I object! I like my nose), my eyebrows got actually trimmed and shaped and I have makeup on.

IN a way I find it comforting that "girlified" me looks less like me than guy me.

I also did an experiment. I used me "guyified" and put the female filter over it and it turned me mostly back into me. So make of that what you will.

I did the same as you. Gender swap. Whaaaat??? Not even close! Haha


Tony

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190406/4b71708a090f8bb3902f8deb27500286.jpg)

haha lol the "gender swap" feature turned me into some sort of artificial glamour model.
It was NOT my face. Far too photoshopped.
I just used the "male" and "female" buttons which seem to give a far less pristine and airbrushed version. Though the "female" one is still obviously airbrushed.

I resent the reduction of good noses. Resent it HARD

The app has gotten notably worse with the updates from the past few months unfortunately. Far less realistic, more limited non-premium features.